re: #128 Slumbering Behemoth

It is simply one issue of many. One could similarly ask you why would YECism be a litmus test.

Er, are you really equating gun rights with rejection of science and endorsement of a purely religious position?

YEC is important because it leads to stuff like rejecting AGW, evolution, and science in general. It comes part and parcel with attempts to have theocracy in government.

People advocating strong gun control normally think too many people get shot and they want that to stop. I think they’re wrong that gun control can achieve that. But it’s nothing like young earth creationism.